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No Vacation	By : AtomBunny Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 4447 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh!. That pleasure belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. This is solely written for fun and not for profit.

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"Hey kid," A woman's voice brought Jonouchi out of his light doze and back to consciousness. He shivered slightly in the chill early morning air. "You with me kid?"

Jou sat up slowly, yawning and stretching out the kinks and pains that he'd acquired from staying on a hard bench outside overnight. "Yeah, I'm with you. I guess you're moving me on, huh?" he said bitterly, supposing that he was lucky that he hadn't been moved on before now and wondering how Seto could have abandoned him like this.

"No, no, you got it all wrong," the woman said kindly, "I was wondering why you were sleeping out here. You are Jonouchi, right? And I did see you coming in with Mr. Kaiba yesterday didn't I?"

Jou looked at the woman for the first time, noting that she was wearing the Hotel's maid's uniform. "Yeah, I'm Jonouchi," he confirmed, "and you did see me come in with Seto." He couldn't contain a sigh. "Everything has gone wrong since then though." He placed his head in his hands, feeling a depression come over him.

The woman put her hand on his shoulder in sympathy. "My name's Maria and I work at the hotel," she said. "Come with me to the staff room and I'll make you a nice cup of tea. You look like you could use one."

"I don't want to get you into trouble," Jou protested.

"Don't worry about that," Maria said. "Come on."

"OK," Jou said, getting up from the bench stiffly, "Thanks." He didn't have the strength to argue right now and somewhere to warm up and a nice cup of tea sounded like heaven. He followed her around to the back entrance of the Hotel, finding himself ushered into the staff room and a hot cup of tea and several slices of hot buttered toast placed on the table before him.

While Jou quietly sat and availed himself of the tea and toast, Maria bustled around, rearranging the servicing of the rooms to enable her to stay with Jou for the moment. Soon enough she was back with him, taking in the subdued expression on his face as she put her hand on his shoulder once again. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked.

"I can't really," Jou said, looking away. He desperately wanted to talk to someone, but a stranger, no matter how kind she was being, was definitely not the best choice.

"Did he dump you?" She asked. Jou jumped having not expected to be asked that question and not quite sure what to say. "Don't worry love, I won't say anything," she sought to reassure.

"He hasn't dumped me," Jou said carefully. "At least, I don't think he has."

"So how did you end up sleeping on the bench out front?" She asked, surprised.

Jou quickly recounted the story of what had happened the day before, the need to tell someone what had happened winning out over his caution. He was surprised to find tears running down his cheeks by the end of his recounting, but he supposed that was partly down to being so tired as he'd stayed awake most of the night in the hope that Kaiba would return.

"Oh no, now that won't do," Maria said, passing him a tissue. "I know that old grouchypants is on the front desk again this morning and he won't listen to me if I vouch for you, but would you like to stay here and see if Mr. Kaiba comes back in a bit?" She asked.

Jou dried his eyes as he smiled at Maria's description of the front desk manager, but then slumped, "No, I just want to go home, but... I got no money or anything. All my stuff is up in the room."

"Would you like me to go and get your things for you?" Maria offered kindly.

"No, I couldn't ask you to do that," Jou protested. "Considering how things have gone for me lately, you'd probably end up getting the sack for stealing or something. I couldn't live with that on my conscience. But... if there's a phone I can use, I can probably arrange something."

"Sure, we can do that." Maria said, directing him to the phone in the corner of the room. "Do you want to leave Mr. Kaiba a note? I can get you some paper."

"Could you?" Jou asked gratefully. "Damn, I really owe you one."

"Nonsense," Maria said with a blush. "I'm just doing my good deed for the day. But if you really want to do something for me," she gave him a mischievous look, "your autograph will be fine."

"Eh? What?" Jou said, blinking in shock.

Maria smirked. "I've got a son that's into Duel Monsters," she explained. "He follows all the top duelists and you're his favourite. If I could take him your autograph, that would make his year."

"Well, sure," Jou said, taken slightly aback, but pleased by the request, "No problem."

"You go call your friend," Maria said. "I'll be back soon with some paper." She left the room to carry out her task.

Jou crossed to the phone and dialled Seto's personal number, feeling that he had to at least try to get in contact with him before he did leave, but the device was still set to answer-phone. He couldn't bring himself to leave a message, so he hung up and called Yugi instead. The phone rang a few times and Jou was about to hang up when Yugi finally answered. "Hey Yugi," Jou said.

"Jonouchi?" Yugi was surprised. "I wasn't expecting to hear from you this week. Is everything OK?"

"Well, not really Yug'" Jou said. "I need a bit of help."

"What do you need?" Yugi said, always ready to help out a friend.

"I need a train ticket from Solitaire back to Domino," Jou said. "I promise that I'll pay you back..."

"I know you will Jou," Yugi said. "But what are you doing all the way out there? I thought you were going to visit your sister this week."

"I..." Jou began, then he stopped and sighed, knowing that he would have to explain things to Yugi. "I'm sorry, I can't really discuss it now, but I promise that I'll explain everything when I get back." He paused a moment. "Err... how am I going to pick up the ticket at the station though? I don't have anything on me to prove who I am..."

"Don't worry Jou," Yugi said in his ever-optimistic way, "I'll sort something out. Do you have a number I can call you back on?"

Jou rattled off the number that was printed on the top of the phone. "Thanks Yug' You're a real pal."

"That's OK Jou. What are friends for?" Yugi said. "Right, I'll call you back shortly."

"Bye Yug'" Jou said, hanging up and turning round to find Maria stood right behind him.

"I've got the paper and an envelope for you, Jonouchi," she said with a smile. "Your friend able to help?"

"Yeah, thanks Maria. He's sorting things out for me right now." Jou said, taking the proffered pen and paper and sitting at the small table as Maria got on with a few things. He first wrote a few lines and his signature for Maria's son, then he turned his attention to writing the note he intended to leave for Seto, going over the basics of what had happened and doing his best not to get over involved in explanations or over-emotional. Soon he was finished and he sealed the letter into the envelope, sticking the flap down just as the phone rang.

"Hello?" Maria said as she answered the call. "Yes, he's here. I'll pass you over." She looked at Jou. "It's for you."

"Thanks," Jou said, taking the handset. "Hey Yugi," Jou greeted his friend, listening intently as Yugi gave him instructions. "Thanks Yugi. See you later." He hung up and turned back to Maria. "Yugi's booked me a ticket back to Domino on the next train which leaves in just over half an hour, so I'd better get going, but before I do..." he passed Maria a piece of paper, "my autograph for your kid."

"Thank you Jonouchi. I really appreciate it." Maria said gratefully.

Jonouchi gave Maria a hug. "No, thank you. You've been a great help."

"That's OK luvvie, I'm just glad to be able to do my bit," she said with a smile as Jou let go. "I'll make sure that your letter is left where Mr. Kaiba can see it. I hope everything works out for you and, for what it's worth," she gave him one more hug, "Mr. Kaiba doesn't deserve you."

"Thanks Maria," Jou said, making to leave. "Look after yourself, OK?"

Maria watched Jonouchi leave, then gripped the envelope resolutely. Mr. Kaiba had better hope that he didn't come back while she was there or he was likely to feel the sharp end of her tongue, job be damned!

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"Mr. Kaiba? Mr. Kaiba?" Seto came to with the concerned voice of the secretary in his ears. "Have you been here all night Mr. Kaiba?"

Seto sat up suddenly, looking out of the window, shocked to see that the sun was already well up in the sky. "What time is it?" he demanded.

"It's nine fifteen sir," She replied.

"Shit!" Seto exclaimed, pulling his cellphone out and noting that it was switched off. He mentally face-palmed as he realised that he'd forgotten to turn it back on, having turned it off when he kept being interrupted by employees from Kaiba Corp in Domino who didn't seem to have got the memo about his being on vacation.

Not wanting to wait the few moments that it would take for the phone to power up, he practically ran across to the office phone, worried about what Jou must be thinking. He dialled the number that he'd memorised quickly, only to curse with frustration as it went straight through to answer-phone. He wouldn't be surprised if the battery on Jou's phone had died again as the handset was an older model and the battery was no longer as efficient as it had once been. He'd offered several times to buy Jou a new one, or even to give him one of his own cast offs, but Jou had always refused, saying that he'd never be able to explain just how he was able to afford it. He should have insisted anyway, explanations be damned! Sighing, he dialled the hotel, demanding to be put through to the penthouse suite, but he only ended up swearing again as no-one answered the call.

He turned to the secretary, who was watching him with concern. "Have my car brought around. I need to go back to the hotel. Now!" His tone left no room for discussion and the secretary dashed off to do his bidding. He gathered his files, shut them inside his briefcase, then he swept from the office – a man on a mission.

Fifteen minutes later found him entering the hotel room. "Jou?" He called out. "Katsuya, are you here?" He looked through the entire suite, not finding Jou anywhere, finally entering the bedroom, eyes alighting on the envelope on the bed. He picked it up, heart sinking. Had he managed to ruin everything? Had Jou finally had enough of waiting around and left him? He looked around the room, realising that particular explanation did not make sense as Jou's things were still here and his bag was still by the bed. Holding on to the envelope like a lifeline, he walked back out into the main room again, noting that Jou's key card was still on the side table and that his jacket was slung over the back of the large sofa. He was still unable to make sense of it all so he sat down and opened the letter, hoping to get some answers. His eyes widened in horror as he realised what his thoughtlessness had caused Jonouchi to go through.

Dear Seto,

Well that was quite the vacation. I'm afraid that I've had to go home, but I thought I'd leave you a note to explain exactly why I've gone and why I had to leave my stuff behind.

I can't tell you how much I was looking forward to spending the week with you, but the disappointment I felt when Kaiba Corp had to intrude even here was indescribable. As if that wasn't bad enough, just about everything has gone wrong since.

I ended up getting locked out of the room. Clumsy of me, I know, so I decided to come over to Kaiba Corp. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I couldn't get in to see you. The receptionist wouldn't give me the time of day and when I asked her to give you a message – to turn on your cell phone – she accused me of being a stalker!

I left as I didn't fancy the chance of spending the night in a police cell, but oh, how I wish I had because just when I thought that things could not get any worse, there had been a shift change at the hotel and the front desk manager didn't believe that someone like me could possibly be staying in the penthouse suite. I was thrown out and I ended up spending the night outside on a bench. I guess I should thank my lucky stars that it was a reasonably warm night and that it didn't rain!

Luckily, this morning one of the maids recognised me and helped me out and I am SO grateful to her. I was able to call Yugi and he booked a train ticket for me to come home, also Maria supplied me with some paper so I could leave this note for you.

I'm so sorry Seto, but I can't stay any longer. I have no idea when, or even if you are going to come back and with no way to contact you – well, I'm sure you understand.

I will have to explain things to Yugi though, I owe him that much at least. I understand that you didn't really want anyone to know that we were together, but I do need to talk to someone. I can promise that Yugi won't say anything, so you can be sure that your reputation will remain intact.

Never doubt my feelings for you Seto, but after everything that's happened in the last 24 hours, I'm not sure that I can do this any more.

However, I would appreciate it if you could arrange for my stuff to be brought back. I know it isn't much, but it is mine and I can't really afford to replace it.

Yours always,

Katsuya.

Seto stared unseeing at the paper for a long time. Jonouchi was gone, driven away. He'd really let him down spectacularly badly and he'd single handedly turned what should have been a relaxing holiday for them both into an unmitigated nightmare. And yes, he did blame himself, as if only he'd turned his damned phone off before they'd got here, then this would probably never have happened.

He looked at the letter again and wondered how Jou could have misunderstood how he felt about the publicity of their relationship, but then they hadn't really talked about it all that much and he'd assumed that Jou didn't want it public in case it caused trouble for him due to his background and past. Seto himself wasn't bothered; if anyone thought they could tell him who he could and could not see then they had another think coming. If only he'd thought to tell Jou that.

He stood with a determined look on his face. Pulling his phone out of his pocket, he arranged for the helicopter stationed on the roof of the local KC offices to be made ready for him immediately, then he left the suite and headed for his car. The first order of business would be to go and convince Jonouchi to come back, then he could deal with the idiots that had caused Jou so much grief later on.

As he left the room, a figure stood and watched him leave. Good, Maria thought, at least it didn't look like she would have to interfere. Just as well really; she did really like this job.

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A/N - Well, that's chapter 2 down, 2 more to go, and yes - I made up a city name. I figure that if they can have a city called Domino, then they can have one called Solitaire as well. Or Backgammon. Or Chess. (Or Tiddlywinks. LOL)
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